ACCOUNTNAME

Overview

The ACCOUNTNAME function returns the name of one or more specified GL accounts.

CODE

=ACCOUNTNAME(
    ConnectionName, 
    Account
)

The ACCOUNTNAME function uses the following arguments (see our articles on using arrays or cell ranges as arguments):

Argument

Required / Optional

Description

ConnectionName

Optional

Provide one of the following values:

Connection name as defined in Connection Manager.
Velixo range expression defining a set of connection names.
An array of settings as described in the Multiple connections per formula article. We recommend using the VX.SETTINGS function to construct the array.

OR

Omit the argument to return results for all compatible connections with default aggregation settings.

Account

Required

The general ledger account (or Excel array containing multiple accounts) to use for the calculation.

Referencing a single account

CODE

=ACCOUNTNAME(
    "Demo", 
    "10100"
)

Description: Returns the name of general ledger account #10100.

Result: Petty Cash

Referencing a list of accounts

Description: Returns the names of general ledger accounts included in a list in cell C2

Referencing an array of accounts

Description: Returns the names of general ledger accounts displayed by an array starting in column C2

If a non-existent account code is specified, the ACCOUNTNAME function will display the message Account 'xxxxx' not found...

or, if you have configured Velixo reports to return zero values under certain circumstances...

... your report will display Excel's #N/A error: